The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-02

man in the Sixth ward, Nix de La Cruz, has
the build of Falstaff, round, full face,
more like a Germans than of any other nation
ality a warm sepia comp exion. long blue
black hair that breaks in heavy curls upon
his shoulders, and the physiognomy of an ideal
phila,,thropist Min Goe, who is equally popu-
lar in Oriental councils, and who runs queer
rambling house in Mott streeG, is thin, wiry,
fierce featured, straight haired, yellow skinned
and cat like in ways and actions Maiaba, a
third. is almost European in his sphysiognomy,
but as dark as Louisiana negro in hair end
skin. These differences are, perhaps, attrlb-
utable to the fact that most of those i'll the
metropolis come from Manila and other
Malay seaports, where from time immemorlal
there has been a constant miscegenation o.
all the Oriental races
GREGARIOUSNEsS-AMU
Like all the eastern people, they arc habN-
uated to the practices made needful o. d
dense population. No matter where they're
they crowd together. 1t is not uncommon
for fifteen or twenty to sleep together
room of 12 by 20 dimensions. In conersa-
ton they squat or stand together till fmost
all engaged are in personal contact. "hen
they visit liquor saloon or one OF tn dance
halls so common in the lower wards, ney go
In knots OF five or more. The grega BUSINESS
extends TO almost all the relations Of ne ana
i'm some Maaysian communities etelS tne
marital relation. producing that si9ular GUS
tom, poyandry. ~ ~
Their anusements are few and nlple Inc
most remarkable of these is trlre fghtlng
Two Swapping turtles are care.ily Seiected
and trained The best for sportlg purposes
are those that weigh from fifth 10 twenty
pounds apiece Lighter ones re immature
and not so muscular. Heavienes are logy,
slow and less vindictive Th training con-.
sjsts in teasing them three tirs u day with
bamboo rod and allowing TIN TO hang from
this by the hour after theonce take hold.
The only diet is raw meaind red pepper,
even water being tabooed The day before
the fight the teeth and Fs are examined
overhauled, filed and Scpeo olii they rs
sembe knife edges.
The 6cb is cOnducte a small ring not
more then a ward in dia eter. The snapperr
80 ,,,od,,oad md vash and each tasted by
the seconds of the othG ms Is ioho 10 pro
vent cowitch or poisOnl' drugs lei!iS piaceo
upon the saliert poip whence 10 may ehoef
e. r,outb nose and les of the opposite an
toroniet Tbav orc In irritated in the usual
81 ,,tb n sharn r. until nearly frenziod
ord tban n,oced i,he center of tho ring
Tbe,c is neither it nor running away.
Each snaps at tho ger Sliliuioaneous'y. ins
best hold is an oblle hoiu. lhi' elioi'" LILO
ono that catches reach Ihe caroIiu artery
and fbs windpipe ithout being compelled to
h;to tbrouoh tlnnassve cariilages OF the
nack Next to n is a straight neck hold, in
,,i,icb the two ia strike against the top and
hotto,n of the nl. Below this again is the
o,.osc hold in vch the jaws strike against
,h. tryo sides ofhe neck Poorest of all is
ths loo hold lis is regarded by all Oriental
.norts as the ,ne of unintellgence, because
If both the an pers take leg holds the fight is
,onotben.d q ointerminably The combat is
20 tb. deathyne of the turtles always being
l killed and nuently both.
eAMBI MBIG-MARRIAGE- RELIGION
l The Mas, like the Chinese are great
. gamblers heir favorite games for which
we have lame in English, suggest land
few resere) faro lottery, roulette, odd and
' .von aanoes and dice. Many Of them
have le- ed the American national game
o and drf and bluff with the sang froid OF
= Morris or Ransom. In the home life
thew te made in the new world the Malays
arc iustrious, afYectionate and domestic.
Wbeoey marry they pick out If possible
=, Ce,,l woman. next To her daughter OF
Er;,hen lady of color and last Of all an
Amcan Why they prefer this order has
ns, been ascertained. Mix de 10 Cruz
10 arried to German widow. who
~ but little English and he speaks oven
rSerman When asked why he married
, he nSid: German women are not
y Ftty. but they never get drunk; they don't
hit; they work hard; they're good house
Aepers, and they have lots of children"
Then married they herd together the same
S when single A typical boarding house in
Baxter Street Bend" is a compartment on
the ground floor, about fourteen feet wids by
seventy long. broken up by partitions into
six rooms OF these the front room II
the offlcs and STORE. Tho next, a oompart-
ment fourteen by twenty feet, Is the living
and dsspinx place Of tho boarders, who vary
from one 70 twenty ia number. In the third
sleep Mix, bis vito and smaller children, m
the fourth his larger children. The fifth Is
dining room and kitchen combined The
nxth and last Is ths store room. Such .
place costs from oS5 10 80 month rent and
pets its proprietor aboss $4,000 ler annum
The AalAys have been taught so many re-
hgions that they may bo truthfully said to
have none. Missionaries and zealots from
the Buddhist, Mohammedan, Roman Catho-
lie and Confucian faiths are found III every
town and hamst Of Malaysia They out
number Protestant missionaries ten to one.
Unlike the latter, they adapt themselves to
their surroundings and become integral unih
of the community. Thsy teach pes1sistently.
Ar result the Malay faith as sea, In New
Ymz = vague mixture of all the religions
nsmyA New Yerk Cor. Cleveland Leader.